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{{trope}}
Normally, it would just be [[Paratext]], or a basic building block of the fiction. But somehow, something used to construct the
Sometimes this involves [[Breaking the Fourth Wall]]; other times, it doesn't occur to anyone to wonder ''why'' that pretty thought balloon is visible, and it becomes more of a Strange Loop or [[Painting the Fourth Wall]].
[[Ninja Prop]] is combining that with [[Chekhov's Gun]].
[[Sorry I Left the BGM On]], [[Panel Break]], [[Speech Bubbles]] and [[Harsh Word Impact]] are related to this.▼
▲[[Sorry I Left the BGM On]], [[Panel Break]] and [[Harsh Word Impact]] are related to this.
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== Anime and Manga ==
* One scene in ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'' features [[Harsh Word Impact|a speech bubble]] [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahou_sensei_negima/v32/c287/2.html impaling Chisame.]▼
* A few episodes of the ''[[Pokémon]]'' anime had Team Rocket interacting with the split screen; one time Jessie grabbed it and ''started hitting James with it.''▼
== Comics ==
* In [[Order of the Stick]] Lien, a paladin, discovers that a person is obviously evil, because he has a distinctive speech pattern; i.e., the dialogue balloon is black and the text is red.▼
* Happens at least twice in ''[[There She Is]]'' In episode 1 Nabi doesn't understand why Doki is looking at him so intently, until he sees the [[Heart Symbol|heart symbols]] emanating from her, and is horrified ([[Fantastic Racism|why?]] Watch the animation). Love hearts in their world also have physical (and sometimes painful) presence. In Episode 2 Doki's thought bubble is pushed out of the way by a friend as she comes into shot.▼
▲* ''[[Deadpool]]'':
{{quote|[Narration]: ''Do I still think in those little yellow boxes?''
'''Deadpool:''' "I'm good."
[Narration]: '''''Ooh''', I missed you, little yellow boxes! What '''fun''' we shall have together!'' }}
* ''[[Thursday Next]]'': The footnoterphone, and a number of other things. ▼
== Fan Works ==
* In the [http://www.swordandsarcasm.com webcomic] ''[[Sword And Sarcasm]]'', it's common knowledge that mysterious invisible beings called the Choral Djinn secretly chronicle all the events of our lives. Part of [[A Load of Bull|Herbert's]] curse is that he and anyone standing near him can ''hear'' them. That is, they can hear the comic's caption boxes.▼
* There is the vine/root border in the ''Such Stuff Dreams are Made On'' arc of the [[Mega Crossover]] [[Fanfic|fan]][[Web Comic|comic]] ''[[Roommates 2007|Roommates]]'' which is a flourish indicating "dreams". Until it attacks that is.▼
* A great gag in one of the [[Chuck Jones]]-directed ''[[Tom and Jerry]]'' cartoons involves question marks and exclamation points appearing above the characters' heads... which they then grab hold of and use in their fight.▼
== Literature ==
== Live-Action TV ==
* Whenever one of the characters on ''[[Sesame Street]]'' happens to ''notice'' the words, letters, and numbers materializing above his head while he talks.
== Newspaper Comics ==
* The ''Tank Mc Namara'' strips for the week of July
** Oddly enough, no one says anything about being able to read the ''pitcher's'' thought balloons.▼
== Video Games ==
* In all of the ''[[Metal Gear]]'' games; if an enemy soldier discoveres where you are, an exclamation point appears over their head for a quick instant. In some of the games, if you ''shoot the exclamation point'', it knocks them out.▼
* In the video game ''[[Comix Zone]]'', Sketch, trapped in his own comic book, can tear out part of the pages to use them as a [[Art Attacker|paper airplane]] [[One Hit KO]].▼
== Web Comics ==
▲* In ''[[The Order of the Stick]]'', Lien, a paladin, discovers that a person is obviously evil, because he has a distinctive speech pattern; i.e., the dialogue balloon is black and the text is red.
▲* In the [https://web.archive.org/web/20151002135329/http://www.swordandsarcasm.com/ webcomic] ''[[Sword And Sarcasm]]'', it's common knowledge that mysterious invisible beings called the Choral Djinn secretly chronicle all the events of our lives. Part of [[A Load of Bull|Herbert's]] curse is that he and anyone standing near him can ''hear'' them. That is, they can hear the comic's caption boxes.
* In ''[[1/0]],'' [[Our Ghosts Are Different|Ghanny]] at one point contemplates whether they could use the contents of their speech balloons as tools or weapons. [[Jerkass|Junior]] is all in favor of the weapons part, but [[Interactive Narrator|Tailsteak]] discourages the idea.
** Used again when they're wondering about Tailsteak's nationality, noting he must not be American because Ghanny said "colour", with a u.
* In [http://www.explosm.net/comics/47 this] ''[[Cyanide
▲* One scene in ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'' features [[Harsh Word Impact|a speech bubble]] [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahou_sensei_negima/v32/c287/2.html impaling Chisame.]
* [[Animaniacs|Yakko]] once gets an [[Idea Bulb]], but [[Extreme Omnivore|Wakko]] eats it, leaving him without an idea.▼
▲* In all of the ''[[Metal Gear]]'' games; if an enemy soldier discoveres where you are, an exclamation point appears over their head for a quick instant. In some of the games, if you ''shoot the exclamation point'', it knocks them out.
▲* The ''Tank Mc Namara'' strips for the week of July 12-17, 2010 show a pitcher who is able to read the thought balloons of the batter at the plate. The batter is concerned about being traded to another team as the baseball trading deadline approaches. Based on the batter's concerns that he can read, the pitcher, whose team is leading by 8 runs late in the game, "grooves" one to the batter to allow him to get a home run. In the Saturday strip, the catcher comes out to the mound. The pitcher assumes that he's in trouble for allowing the home run and begins his explanation with how he's heard the batter was about to be traded. The catcher then tells the pitcher how freaked out he is because HE was able to read the batter's thought balloons.
▲** Oddly enough, no one says anything about being able to read the ''pitcher's'' thought balloons.
* In the webcomic ''[[Keychain of Creation]]'', the [[Crazy Awesome]] space, time, and fate-bending abilities of the Sidereal Exalted are represented by having them actively use the comic format against their enemies. In particular, Nemen Yi leaps between comic panels, abuses perspective to hit people at range with a melee attack (think "I crush your head", except it ''works''), and breaks off a piece of the gutter (the border between panels) to use it as a throwing weapon.
▲* In the video game [[Comix Zone]], Sketch, trapped in his own comic book, can tear out part of the pages to use them as a [[Art Attacker|paper airplane]] [[One Hit KO]].
== Web Original ==
▲* A few episodes of the [[Pokémon]] anime had Team Rocket interacting with the split screen; one time Jessie grabbed it and ''started hitting James with it.''
▲* Happens at least twice in ''[[There She Is]]'' In episode 1 Nabi doesn't understand why Doki is looking at him so intently, until he sees the [[Heart Symbol|heart symbols]] emanating from her, and is horrified ([[Fantastic Racism|why?]] Watch the animation). Love hearts in their world also have physical (and sometimes painful) presence. In Episode 2 Doki's thought bubble is pushed out of the way by a friend as she comes into shot.
▲* There is the vine/root border in the ''Such Stuff Dreams are Made On'' arc of the [[Mega Crossover]] [[Fanfic|fan]][[Web Comic|comic]] ''[[Roommates 2007|Roommates]]'' which is a flourish indicating "dreams". Until it attacks that is.
== Western Animation ==
▲* A great gag in one of the [[Chuck Jones]]-directed ''[[Tom and Jerry]]'' cartoons involves question marks and exclamation points appearing above the characters' heads... which they then grab hold of and use in their fight.
▲* [[Animaniacs|Yakko]] once gets an [[Idea Bulb]], but [[Extreme Omnivore|Wakko]] eats it, leaving him without an idea.
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